Weird network behavior with three network interfaces
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So, when I have three interfaces initially configured (LAN, WAN, and OPT1), I can't ping from my laptop to the pfSense box. The netstat routing table has incorrect routing info. If I drop OPT1, everything works and I can access the webConfigurator. I can then add OPT1 through Assign interfaces and then everything still works, i.e. netstat routing table is correct. Does anyone know why pfSense does this? It's a bit bizarre.
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Now it looks like pfSense does not like my three interfaces. If I set the internal wireless (ath0) to LAN, instead of the ethernet adapter, and the ethernet adapter to OPT1, I cannot get correct routing to opt1 port. What gives?
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why not bridge your wireless and lan interfaces instead of setting up routing between subnets?
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Ok, I have finally figured it all out. Access point is working, and so are all three interfaces! Whew! However, this is still an issue:
http://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/1121
For some reason, after I reboot, the channel that I want the wireless AP to broadcast isn't accepted. I have to save and apply the changes to restart the daemons to see the changes affected to the adapter. I'm also using an Atheros chipset in the 2g surf. Hmmm…coincidence?